I've seen the new treatment called venaseal. Is it for spider veins too? (Photo)

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Or is there a better more affordable treatment for spider veins? They all seem to cost so much. I have horrible legs.

Kevin Haney, MD · Answer

Venaseal is a treatment used for larger, bulging varicose veins. It is a form of super glue that seals off the diseased vein permanently. Sclerotherapy or VeinGogh would be a better plan for spider veins.

Jeffrey Gosin, MD, FACS · Answer

Venaseal is not intended to treat spider veins. Venaseal is used to treat reflux in the saphenous system. Many people who have spider veins also have saphenous reflux. However, you should not expect Venaseal treatment to improve your spider veins.  The best treatment for spider veins is sclerotherapy.  Certain laser treatments are also effective for spider veins.  I always recommend seeing a provider who performs a variety of different treatments. That is the best way to obtain objective information regarding the best method for your particular case, rather than just a single option if that is all that a particular provider offers.

Mark Rayman, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Spider veins are small blue or red veins that appear very close to the surface of the skin - they don't typically bulge outward and are much smaller than varicose veins.  The best way to treat spider veins is sclerotherapy (injection of the veins).  External laser is sometimes used, as is VeinGogh, but most vein experts agree that sclerotherapy is best.  VenaSeal is a procedure that is used to treat reflux (backwards flow) in veins beneath the skin surface that typically cause varicose veins.  VenaSeal might be used in some patients to treat reflux, if present, in someone who might eventually have their spider veins treated, but VenaSeal is not a treatment for spider veins per se.   Sclerotherapy, by the way, is considerably less expensive than VenaSeal.

Jiyong Ahn, MD · Answer

Venaseal is nonthermal ablation technique of saphenous veins only !!! One thing I would like to add is that you will benefit from consultation with an experienced and properly trained provider for your leg. You will most likely have venous insufficiency and may require thermal ablations of saphenous veins first !!

Joseph Cipriano, DO · Answer

Venaseal’s application IFU per manufacturer is for truncal superficial veins only. This means spider veins are too small and superficial for Venaseal application. Venaseal use is specifically for GSV (Great Saphenous Vein) or SSV (Small Saphenous Vein).
Recalcitrant spider veins can be treated to cure but need a specialist with more than one tool in their toolbox and the resilience to effect the repair. This will take time and patience as well as the specialist that can accomplish this. Call and ask around at your local Primary Care office to help identify who may be the best to consult with your ailment.
Take care.

Joel Gotvald, MD, FACS · Answer

No, VenaSeal therapy is a treatment or varicose veins, not spider veins.  The most affordable treatment that is effective for spider veins is sclerotherapy.  Laser therapy can also work, but tends to be more costly and the results are not as good.

Albert Malvehy, MD · Answer

You have a combination of spider veins and reticular veins; these are veins within the skin layer which have become dilated, thus revealing the blood within them (which is what gives the color). Venaseal is a glue used to treat veins deeper in the legs for those people with circulation problems or varicose veins (which you do not have). Sclerotherapy and foam sclerotherapy from someone who does it everyday is your best bet. Good luck!

Ivan Brooks, MD · Answer

Venaseal is for large superficial veins called saphenous veins. Spider veins associated with saphenous reflux can be improved with venaseal ,but generally sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for spider veins.

Susan Fox, DO, RPVI · Answer

Venaseal is like crazy glue that closes off larger veins with venous insufficiency. It is not for spider veins.

Aaron Shiloh, MD · Answer

Venaseal is not meant to treat spider veins.  It is meant to glue shut the larger veins that are the actual source of the reflux that typically then lead to spider veins.  For spider veins, cosmetic sclerotherapy is best usually with STS or asclera (polidocanol).

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